10-03-2011, 11:17
new with brava and have a few questions for the onces with experience
April 24 2007 at 11:10 PM Anonymous (Login Kiran07)
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hello...i started brava today for the first time...gonna hop into bed soon and lets see how i sleep!
just wondering how u know whether the alarm is on or not, when u press the alarm button once and it beeps, does that mean the alarm is activated?
and also how do u ladies measure ur hours or wear, charts etc etc?
please help, thank u!
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Seri_Flamehair
(Login Seri_Flamehair)
SENIOR MEMBER Logging wear time April 25 2007, 2:12 AM
I keep a log of the hours per day start stop time and do an avg wear every 5 days.
Currently at day 123 1798 total hours as of midnight tonight 14.62 hours per day avg. Only one day was less than 10 hours it was 8. No missed days since the start.
Started as a 38A barely, swell up to a 38D/DD. Depending on how long i wear the system after some of my 24 hour + days with 30 minute break after about 12-16 hours to clean everything they are really huge.
Managed with alot of extra suction to actually touch the insides of the xlarge/wide domes with one breast other dome collapsed on one side while trying.
I intend to wear the system for atleast 2100 hours which according to brava is 10 hours a day 10 weeks or 700 hours for the minimum. 3 times that gets me 2100 hours of wear. with a bit over double the number of weeks.
So 3 more weeks atleast in this at my current average per day wear time. or about 20.5 weeks in it. Then i will take a week or two off and see where i am at that point maybe. May just keep wearing it till i can touch the insides of both domes with just the smart box doing its job.
Tally so far. 1 pair wide/mediums totally worn out. 1 pair of wide/large totally worn out. 1 pair of xlarge/wide one dome silicone torn within 2 weeks of getting them off ebay.
New domes from brava 27 days into them.
$1900 so far from ebay buys and direct from brava.
But considering i have 4 cups sizes larger for most of the day after wearing. without surgery. I am very pleased.
Good luck with yours.
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ScottishGal20
(Login ScottishGal20) Congrats April 25 2007, 6:42 PM
Firstly, well done for starting the Brava journey! In terms of logging hours of wear, i use the stopwatch on my mobile phone to record the hours every night....then i write the number of hours in my diary each day to keep track. I personally dont use the alarm buttom on the smartbox. If you loose suction, the buzzing of the smartbox wakes you up anyway, you dont really need an alarm. Also, when you put the domes on and your smartbox is settled - its a good idea to suck some more air out of the tube with your mouth and then re-attach it to the smartbox. This stops you loosing air during the night! Good luck! x
April 24 2007 at 11:10 PM Anonymous (Login Kiran07)
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hello...i started brava today for the first time...gonna hop into bed soon and lets see how i sleep!
just wondering how u know whether the alarm is on or not, when u press the alarm button once and it beeps, does that mean the alarm is activated?
and also how do u ladies measure ur hours or wear, charts etc etc?
please help, thank u!
Author Reply
Seri_Flamehair
(Login Seri_Flamehair)
SENIOR MEMBER Logging wear time April 25 2007, 2:12 AM
I keep a log of the hours per day start stop time and do an avg wear every 5 days.
Currently at day 123 1798 total hours as of midnight tonight 14.62 hours per day avg. Only one day was less than 10 hours it was 8. No missed days since the start.
Started as a 38A barely, swell up to a 38D/DD. Depending on how long i wear the system after some of my 24 hour + days with 30 minute break after about 12-16 hours to clean everything they are really huge.
Managed with alot of extra suction to actually touch the insides of the xlarge/wide domes with one breast other dome collapsed on one side while trying.
I intend to wear the system for atleast 2100 hours which according to brava is 10 hours a day 10 weeks or 700 hours for the minimum. 3 times that gets me 2100 hours of wear. with a bit over double the number of weeks.
So 3 more weeks atleast in this at my current average per day wear time. or about 20.5 weeks in it. Then i will take a week or two off and see where i am at that point maybe. May just keep wearing it till i can touch the insides of both domes with just the smart box doing its job.
Tally so far. 1 pair wide/mediums totally worn out. 1 pair of wide/large totally worn out. 1 pair of xlarge/wide one dome silicone torn within 2 weeks of getting them off ebay.
New domes from brava 27 days into them.
$1900 so far from ebay buys and direct from brava.
But considering i have 4 cups sizes larger for most of the day after wearing. without surgery. I am very pleased.
Good luck with yours.
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ScottishGal20
(Login ScottishGal20) Congrats April 25 2007, 6:42 PM
Firstly, well done for starting the Brava journey! In terms of logging hours of wear, i use the stopwatch on my mobile phone to record the hours every night....then i write the number of hours in my diary each day to keep track. I personally dont use the alarm buttom on the smartbox. If you loose suction, the buzzing of the smartbox wakes you up anyway, you dont really need an alarm. Also, when you put the domes on and your smartbox is settled - its a good idea to suck some more air out of the tube with your mouth and then re-attach it to the smartbox. This stops you loosing air during the night! Good luck! x